Like many puzzlers, Fractal’s gameplay is extremely addictive once you get the hang of it. Instead of lining game pieces up in columns, rows, or other pre-defined shapes, Fractal 
requires you to create “blooms” in order to score points. A bloom consists of a hexagon shaped group made out of seven or more hexagon game pieces. If blooms are chained together, they make for massive score bonuses.
In order to create said blooms, you must “push” the next piece (displayed on the bottom left of the screen) onto the game board. This is where the strategy kicks in because as you push a piece on the board, you may be knocking an important piece off into the abyss if there is not a space for the new piece to occupy. This coupled with new pieces randomly appearing after your blooms explode make for, at times, a very difficult task.
With the basics laid out, the game starts to throw in power-up pieces into the mix. Power-up pieces can add to the number of total pushes you get or can set off a massive explosion to take out a large number of pieces no matter what color or configuration they are in. These power-ups provide yet another element of strategy since they are the key to advancing to the next round or level. In order to advance, you must hit the goal number of pieces successfully thrown into blooms which is displayed on the bottom right of the screen.
